• mtchristo@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Why libre office hasn’t adopted the tabbed many bar yet is beyond me ! They are probably not gonna be sued by Microsoft. It is just a huge ux improvement and would ease the friction for new comers especially that everyone is used to using tabbed bar on every other software.

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      I actually prefer it that way. With tabbed Ribbons (Is it how they’re called?), I constantly have to look over and over again which tab the thing I need is located, ending up in question why X is put here but not there.

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        Have you trued their grouped mode (I think that’s what it was called?) It does well to combine the benefits of both last I saw it!

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        I know. I was talking about making it default. As many newcomers won’t know about it’s existence first hand, and give up on it

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        Yes some call it tabbed menu. Others call it ribbon menu. It should be the default as many users nowadays are used to this UX paradigm

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          Based on this comment section, it isn’t all that clear which one should be the default… probably a compromise could be made by adding a more obvious way to switch between the modes.

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      “improvement” lol xD

      I hate that BS with a passion. Never find anything I need and always spend way more clicks than needed for simple tasks.

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        It improves discoverability for new users, just like having menus and submenus instead of a single list of commands, or just a command prompt.

        If you’re used to the old ways, of course it doesn’t help… and if you know your shortcuts or command line commands, even a menu becomes a hindrance 🤷